Report: Maher al-Assad Commanding Homs Assault
A Damascus-based newspaper, citing sources, has reported that Brigadier General and brother of President Bashar al-Assad, is commanding troops in the Homs and Aleppo theater of operations.
Maher al-Assad is reportedly a commander in the army’s Fourth Armoured Division. Much secrecy surrounds the makeup of the Syrian armed forces and the current order of battle – the report was leaked to the Damas Post newspaper.
